Toilet vaporizing apparatus.



- No. 636,744. Patented Nov. l4, I899.

W. W. BATEMAN. TOILET VAPOBIZING APPARATUS.

(Application filed May 1, 1899.)

(No Model.)

lnvenibr UNITED" STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER WV. BATEMAN, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

TOILET VAPORIZING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 636,744, dated November 14, 1899.

Application filed May 1,1899. Serial No. 715,259. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WALTER W. BATEMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at T0- ledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Toilet Vaporizing Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is the production of a toilet vaporizing apparatus for generating medicated or other vapors and collecting and retaining and bringing them in contact with the face, said apparatus to be simple in construction, cheap in first cos-t, efficient in operation, composed of separable parts each so fashioned and adapted to the others that the entire apparatus can be taken apart and packed within a small space and again quickly assembled, and which, withal, shall possess many other desirable and characteristio features constituting it a superior device for the purpose intended. 1 With the above end in view my invention consists, objectively, in a vaporizing apparatus made up of independent sections or parts which can be separated when not in use and inclosed one within the other and packed in a box or otherwise, so as to occupy a very small space.

It further consists in certain novelties of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter specifically described and claimed.

The accompanying drawings illustrate one example of the physical embodiment of the invention fashioned, constructed, arranged, and combined according to the best mode I have so far devised for the application of the principle.

Figure 1 is a perpendicular sectional view of the apparatus as a whole when in use, showing the relative location of the parts and the manner of applying the flexible hood so as to inclose the head of a person using the device and encircling the vaporizer proper. Fig. 2 is a view of the several main parts of the vaporizer separated and showing the general external appearance of each part. Fig. 3 is a perpendicular sectional view taken through a small box within which the apparatus is packed and also showing the relative positions of the several parts inclosed one within the other.

Referring to the drawings, the letter A deserated.

ignates a base-piece or rim made of metal, cylindrical in shape and provided with a series of openings or holes in the body portion, through which the air can circulate.

B is a copper pan or vessel within which the liquid or other substance is to be vaporized or volatilized by means of heat.

0 is the bottom of the vessel, located some distance from the lower edge of the circular body portion, so as to leave a projecting flange, as shown.

D is agroove made in the body of the metal adjacent, but slightly below, the top edge of the vessel, the metal being forced inwardly.

to constitute a seat or ledge.

E is an ornamental top of the shape shown, tapering slightly toward the open upper end.

F is a flange adapted to engage the ledge or seat formed by the metal of the groove D, as illustrated in Fig. 1.

G is a breathing-tube located in a hole made through the 'wall of the top piece E and rigidly secured in place by solder or otherwise.

H is a tube of larger diameter than the breathing-tube G and adapted to pass over and frictionally engage the end of the latter and thereby be held in place.

I is a mouthpiece adapted to fit within the end of the tube G and be held in place by frictional contact.

J is a hood made of flexible material and so designed and adapted that it can inclose the head of the person using the apparatus and likewise the lower open end thereof encircle the vaporizer. I show in Fig. l a hood with an inclosed wire stitched in at the free edge, so that the fabric will be held extended, and also provided with an opening through the side "for the passage of the head when the hood is to be applied. A button may unite and hold the edges close to the neck, as shown, so as to prevent any escape of the vapor when gen- K represents the head of a person in the proper position it should occupy relative to the apparatus when the same is in use.

L is a small box within which the apparatus is inclosed when not in use.

M is an alcohol or other lamp for supplying the heat to effect the volatilization or vaporization of the liquid or medicinal substance which is to be brought in contact with the face.

The method of using the apparatus willbe obvious by inspecting Fig. 1 of the drawings. The lamp M is first placed within the base A. The pan or vessel B is next supported and held in place on the base by means of the bottom 0 and the flange which projects over the top edge of the base. Then the topE is supported on the vessel B by the flange F engaging the metal of the inwardly-extending groove D adjacent the upper edge of the vessel. Then the tube H and mouthpiece I are adjusted on and in the breathing-tube, and, finally, the hood, with the head inclosed, is adjusted over the vaporizer proper. The heat generated by the lamp volatilizes the liquid or medicinal or other substance inclosed within the vessel B and supported by the bottom C thereof, and the vapors arising therefrom are retained and confined and brought and held in contact with the face and neck, which are entirely exposed. Respiration is carried on through the mouth by means of the breathing-tube, and the vapors generated are thus not allowed to reach the lungs. If desired, cotton or other suitable substance may be employed to close the nasal passages -during the period of exposure to the action of the medicinal vapors.

When the apparatus is not in use, the parts can be separated and inclosed one within another, as shown in Fig. 3that is, the base A can be dropped within the vessel B, the tube H and mouthpiece I detached from the breathing-tube G, and the top E inverted and telescoped within the base A, and as so arranged the entire apparatus, including the hood, can be packed within a very small box, thus adapting it for transportation in a ladys trunk or Valise.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have produced a toilet vaporizing apparatus which fulfils all the conditions set forth as the object and end of my invention. The device is simple in construction, cheap to manufacture, adapted for eifective use in cleansing the skin, removing blemishes and freckles, eradicating cutaneous diseases, and

in general in beautifying the complexion,

and, furthermore, it can be taken apart and inclosed within a small box when not in use.

While I have illustrated on the drawings and described only one example of the physical embodiment of my invention, 1 do not thereby intend to exclude from the scope of my claim other examples which differ therefrom in colorable features and characteristics only, but which still embody all the substantial elements of my invention.

lVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A toilet vaporizing apparatus comprising the following parts in combination, to Wit: a circular base-piece, A, provided with a series of openings in the body portion thereof through which the air can circulate when the lamp, M, is burning; a pan or vessel, B, having a groove, D, made in the body of the metal near the top edge, and a bottom, C, located some distance from the lower edge of the body portion so as to leave a projecting flange which will fit over the top edge of the basepiece; a tapering top piece, E, providedwith a breathing-tube and adapted to fit within the pan or vessel, B, and rest upon the inwardlyprojecting metal of the groove,D; and a flexible hood, J; the said base, A, being of less diameter than the pan or vessel, B, whereby the former may be inolosed within the latter; and the smaller end of the top piece, E,being of less diameter than the base, A whereby the top piece, when inverted, may be telescoped within the base; the entire apparatus being adapted, when disconnected and again assembled as described, to be inclosed within a small box, as L; in substance as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WALTER W. BA'IEMAN.

Witnesses:

CHARLES HENRY CLAYTON, CHARLES A. BEDDING. 

